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Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec At Home with the Ludskis: Midnight Mass (Edition #7), 10th London Short Film Festival, Rio Cinema, London, UK, 12 January 2013 At Home with the Ludskis: Midnight Mass (Edition # 7) – a multidisciplinary event held at the famous Rio Cinema as part of the 10th London Short Film Festival, brings together intriguing and inspiring moving image makers, artists, music makers and performers for a unique late night art club, curated by Granny Ludski. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was chosen after a call for artists sent out by guest curator Christine Eyene, invited to take part in this Midnight Mass by its host Granny Ludski. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Paul Emmanuel AFTER-IMAGE (2005) Villa Arcadia, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Info After-image The Gallery Hall, Villa Arcadia, Hollard House, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 16 April – 15 May 2005 The fourth showing of this touring solo exhibition comprising early etchings and lithographs, photographs from The Lost Men Grahamstown (2004) and a major drawing also entitled After-image (2004). This drawing is permanently housed in the main reception room of Villa Arcadia as part of the Hollard Collection of South African Contemporary Art. After-image was exhibited in South Africa at the US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, The Old Fort at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State and Villa Arcadia, Hollard House, Johannesburg, Gauteng. An illustrated, colour catalogue with essay by Julia Charlton was printed and published by US Art Gallery. Press release from Art Source South Africa [PDF] Catalogue essay by Julia Charlton Article by Alex Dodd for Business Day Art newspaper Article by Yvette Greslé for Art South Africa magazine Review by Robyn Sassen for Artthrob Review by Bettie Lamprecht for Beeld newspaper (Afrikaans) Review by Taryn Cohn for Art South Africa magazine

Platform number 5 , 2011. Manière noire stone lithograph, hand printed, hand coloured, signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Black lithographic ink and watercolour pigment on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper, 80 x 156 cm. Edition 35 International Printmaking Alliance Exhibition , Taimiao Art Gallery, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China 25 September – 10 October 2017 This international exhibition showcases printmaking works with perspective and constructive features recommended by Alliance members as well as the latest creations based on national culture, history, literature or other materials. Participating artists from South Africa: Dominic Thorburn, Bevan de Wet, Sara-Aimee Verity, Christine Dixie, Vuli Nyoni, Mongezi Ncaphayi, Paul Emmanuel, Vusi Kumalo, Sam Nhlengethwa, Nhlanhla Xaba, Diane Victor, Kagiso Patrick Mautloa, Thama Kase, Michael Taylor, Ina van Zyl, Katherine Bull, Zola Toyi. The South African contingent was curated by Professor Dominic Thorburn of Rhodes University, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Platform number 5 (2011) was selected for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 ←Previous Next→

Still from Remember-dismember , 2015. Hi-definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec (looped). Edition 5 Recent Acquisitions: UNISA – University of South Africa Permanent Art Collection , UNISA Art Gallery, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 5 – 31 August 2017 A group exhibition of new acquisitions for the UNISA Permanent Art Collection, featuring the video Remember-dismember (2015). Including works by Wayne Barker, Florine Demosthene, Frikkie Eksteen, Paul Emmanuel, Megan Erasmus, Ann Mary Gollifer, Ayana V. Jackson, Gwen Miller, Mohau Modisakeng, Aida Muluneh, Cedric Nunn, Obie Oberholzer, Jody Paulsen, Johannes Phokela, Xolela Sogoni, Nicola Roos, Ransome Stanley and others. Curated by Bongani Mkhonza. Related content Text ‘Garments for Remember-dismember’, 2016 Exhibition ‘Remnants’, 28 January – 20 March 2016 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

The Lost Men France 2 , 2014. Pigment printed photograph on archival paper, 50 x 65 cm, Edition 5. Courtesy of 2014 Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale and Art Source South Africa Sway: A Photographic Exhibition , Now Gallery, The Open Window, Irene, South Africa, 27 March – 30 June 2019 ‘Sway’ was Now Gallery's first photography exhibition, considering the theme of motion and the possibility of changing one's mind. Participating artists: Elsa Bleda, Mary Sibande, Michael Meyersfeld, Dani Bester, Ross Garrett, Alet Pretorius, Carla Crafford, Susanna Smith, Bernard Brand, Suzette du Plooy, Shannon Daniels, Jonina Botha, Dan Roberts, Warren James, Ryno Stols, Karl van Heerden, Paul Emmanuel, Graham De Lacy and Henry Engelbrecht. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

Still from Remember-dismember , 2015. Hi-definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec (looped). Edition 5 4th Africa-In-Motion International Film Festival , Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 22 October – 1 November 2009 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was shortlisted by a selection committee of film specialists for the Africa in Motion Short Film Competition. The Festival received over 60 entries from 22 African countries. All the shortlisted films were screened as part of the 4th Africa in Motion Film Festival 2009 on Monday 26 October, at the Edinburgh Filmhouse Cinema. The winner was selected by a jury, consisting of acclaimed Algerian filmmaker Amor Hakkar; filmmaker, presenter and writer Zina Saro-Wiwa; director of the Scottish Documentary Institute, Noe Mendelle; and high profile film critic, writer and producer Mark Cousins. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was officially selected for this festival and competition, and won first place and the jury prize. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Paul Emmanuel REMNANTS (2017) The Reservoir, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Exhibition view of Remnants with Remnant 1 in the foreground, 2015, weathered pigment-printed photograph on silk, 5 x 5 m Remnants , The Reservoir, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa 25 May – 9 July 2017 First exhibited at South Africa's Freedom Park Museum and then at Boston University's 808 Gallery USA, this solo, museum exhibition features artworks related to Emmanuel's counter-memorial, ‘The Lost Men France’ which was installed adjacent to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in 2014. ‘The Lost Men France’, the 3rd in his ‘The Lost Men’ series, comprised 5 large silk banners depicting the artist's body bearing names of WWI servicemen from all nations pressed into his skin. The exhibition underscores concepts of loss, memory and memorialisation in an installation centred around the 'remnants' of ‘The Lost Men France’ banners, torn and battered by the winds of the Somme. The banners are complemented by videos, drawings, prints and plaster casts of the artist's body. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France, 1 July – 1 October 2014

Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec 12th Antimatter Film Festival , Open Space Arts Centre, Victoria, Canada, 9 – 17 October, 2009 Dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter has grown into the premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west. Encompassing screenings, installations, performances and media hybrids, Antimatter provides a noncompetitive festival setting in Victoria, British Columbia, free from commercial and industry agendas. The highest standards of curatorial practice are employed to build thematic programs of innovative film and video selected from international submissions. In addition, the annual Foreign Matter series has become the incubator for hundreds of short films, all new to North American audiences, compiled and contextualized by international curators. The short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was officially selected for screening at this film festival on Friday 16 October at 7pm. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Paul Emmanuel IMPERMANENCE (2018) Fried Contemporary Gallery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Remember-dismember , 2015, s ingle-channel, high-definition video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec Impermanence , Fried Contemporary Gallery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 8 March – 7 April 2018 A solo exhibition installed in Rooms 1 and 2 of Fried Contemporary Gallery. Emmanuel was invited by the gallery to show a selection of works dated from 2004 to 2015, curated by Johan Thom and Shenaz Mahomed. Editioned photographic works from ‘The Lost Men’ (2004 –) were selected for this exhibition along with lithographic works from the ‘Transitions Multiples’ (2009 – 11) series and the video ‘Remember-dismember’ (2015). Presented in association with Art Source South Africa. Related content Publication ‘Paul Emmanuel: Impermanence’, Fried Contemporary Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa, text by Johan Thom, 2018, PDF Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2011 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France, 1 July – 1 October 2014 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Mozambique’, Catembe Ferry Jetty, Maputo, Mozambique, 24 April – 12 May, 2007 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’, 1820 Settler’s National Monument, Makhanda, South Africa, 1 – 10 July, 2004

Air on the Skin , (detail), 2002. Incised original drawing, shoe polish, acrylic on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper. 70 x 304 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection The Art of Banking: Celebrating Through Collections , Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 16 October – 1 December 2012 The exhibition marks Standard Bank's 150th year in banking. Works on the exhibition are drawn from the Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection, taking viewers on a decade by decade journey through South Africa's history over the 150 years of the bank's existence. It includes works by renowned South African artists such as John Mohl, Gerard Sekoto, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Brett Murray, Johannes Phokela, William Kentridge, Durant Sihlali, Sam Nhlengethwa, Trevor Makhoba, David Goldblatt, Alexis Preller, Penny Siopis and Wim Botha. A display drawn from the rich archival and artefact collection of the Standard Bank Heritage Centre focuses on the 150-year history of Standard Bank. It comprises three components: The first covering the period up to 1987 traces the institution's history and growth into a major financial services organisation; the second describes the bank's expansion into Africa and other parts of the world, and tells the story of the journey to self-service banking through technological innovations; a third component includes an old banking hall, showcasing furniture and equipment used in previous eras. Air on the Skin (2002) was selected by the curators from the Standard Bank Collection for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Air on the Skin’, 28 January – 15 March 2003 ←Previous Next→

Installation view of Rising-falling , 2021. High definition video, stereo soundtrack, 3 minutes 45 seconds, (looped). Courtesy of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study and Diversity Art Forum Holding Tension , Sheila and Richard Riggs and Leidy galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2 – 10 December 2022 The fall exhibition of graduate students enrolled in the Mount Royal School of Art (Multidisciplinary MFA) program, curated by Inés Sanchez de Lozada. Including works by Alex Bard, Alex El Dahdah, Daniel Flores Estrella, Isa Gould, Ashling Han, Kristopher Heng, Sàgar Kàmath, YoonJung Lee, Songhyun Moon, Nova Pan, Katie Peck, Sanah Brown-Bowers, Meg Clerc, Paul Emmanuel, Trisha Gupta, Yuanwei Huang, Teddi Kabler, William Okaily, Grusha Sabharwal, Erhan Us and Jeehee Yoo. Rising-falling (2021) was selected for this exhibition. Related content Documentary ‘Shooting a Statue: Behind the Scenes of 'Rising-falling', 2021 Video artwork ‘Remember-dismember’, 2015 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Mozambique’, 24 April – 12 May 2007 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’, 1 – 10 July 2004 ←Previous Next→

Paul Emmanuel AFTER-IMAGE (2005) US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Info After-image University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa 3 – 26 August 2004 The first showing of this touring solo exhibition comprising early etchings and lithographs, photographs from The Lost Men Grahamstown (2004) and a major drawing also entitled After-image (2004). This drawing is permanently housed in the main reception room of Villa Arcadia as part of the Hollard Collection of South African Contemporary Art. After-image was exhibited in South Africa at the US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, The Old Fort at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State and Villa Arcadia, Hollard House, Johannesburg, Gauteng. An illustrated, colour catalogue with essay by Julia Charlton was printed and published by US Art Gallery. Press release from Art Source South Africa [PDF] (2004) Catalogue essay by Julia Charlton Article by Alex Dodd for Business Day Art newspaper Article by Yvette Greslé for Art South Africa magazine